The Memorial Museum of Passchendaele

We went to the Memorial Museum Passchendaele which is in  Zonnebeke (Flanders Fields) in Belgium. On our way to the museum, we could see fields of poppies in Flanders fields. We stopped and took a walk through the field of poppies before heading to the museum.

The main building is a former château which has been converted to the museum.

We entered the museum which was devoted to the 1917 Battle of Passchendaele. In 100 days almost 500,000 men were killed for only 8 kilometers gain of ground.

There were numerous displays focused on equipment and weapons of the 1917 Battle.

We walked through the halls looking at the different exhibits and reading about the Battle of Passchendaele. We came to a section of the museum called Trench experience.

The museum created a representation of a dugout and trench system which you can walk through.

The dugouts were well done and had multiple rooms on display including a kitchen, living quarters and latrine.

We then walked through to a trench system which was duplicated from the battle of Passchendaele.

We finished the museum tour by stopping at the garden area of the museum and relaxing in the shade. We enjoyed learning about the battle of Passchendaele and the amazing heroes of the first world war that fought here.

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